Display Care Guide
Keep your display looking beautiful all season long with a few simple care tips for your pumpkins, mums, and fall décor.
Help Your Display Flourish
Your custom pumpkin display was thoughtfully designed to bring warmth, beauty, and a welcoming touch to your home throughout the fall season. With just a little routine care, your pumpkins, mums, gourds, and other seasonal elements can stay looking their best for weeks to come.
Whether you're preparing for your first porch display or looking for tips after your installation, this guide will walk you through everything you need to know—from watering your mums and protecting your pumpkins to extending the life of your display and preparing for end-of-season pickup. Our goal is to help you enjoy your fall display for as long as possible while making your experience simple, beautiful, and stress-free.
Explore the care tips below to keep your porch looking fresh, vibrant, and ready to welcome family, friends, and all the memories that fall has to offer.
Steps We Take To Help Keep Your Display Looking It's Best
Freshly harvested pumpkins.
We harvest your pumpkins as close to your delivery date as possible, ensuring they arrive fresh from the farm.
Natural rot prevention.
Before delivery, each pumpkin is washed with a mild vinegar solution to help reduce the chance of rot.
Natural critter deterrent.
We also spray your pumpkins with a gentle peppermint solution to help discourage squirrels and other critters.
Your mums are ready to thrive.
Before arriving at your home, we water your mums thoroughly and provide them with plant food.
A few extras included.
We've included a few extra pumpkins in various sizes with your display in case any are damaged by critters or naturally begin to spoil before the season ends.
Steps You Can Take To Keep Your Display Looking It's Best
A little care goes a long way in helping your pumpkins and mums stay beautiful throughout the fall season.
Inspect your display every few days.
Remove any pumpkins that begin to soften, wrinkle, or leak to help keep your display looking fresh.
Extra critter protection.
If needed, you can lightly sprinkle chili powder or cinnamon around your pumpkins to make them less appealing to wildlife.
Water your mums regularly.
Water daily or every other day, or whenever the top inch of soil feels dry. Keep the soil moist—but not soggy. Mums absorb water through their roots, so pour water directly onto the soil or into the bottom tray.
Helpful Tips for a Beautiful Fall
Every display is created with fresh, premium pumpkins and seasonal décor to help you enjoy a beautiful fall season. Here are a few additional tips to help you get the most from your display.
Fresh from the Farm
We source premium-quality pumpkins from trusted local farms and continually replenish our inventory throughout the season to ensure we're selecting from the freshest harvest available. While most pumpkins will last through Halloween—and many through Thanksgiving—weather, sunlight, moisture, and temperature changes can naturally affect their lifespan.
Keep Your Display Looking Its Best
If you'd like your display looking picture-perfect for Halloween, consider adding our Pre-Halloween Refresh Service to your order. We'll return during Halloween week to replace any pumpkins or mums that are no longer at their best, tidy the display area, and refresh the arrangement so it's ready for trick-or-treaters and fall gatherings.
Caring for Your Porch
We take several precautions to help protect your porch, including placing basins beneath all mums and following best practices to extend the life of your pumpkins. Because pumpkins, hay bales, and mums are natural materials, moisture may occasionally cause temporary staining or discoloration on certain surfaces. Whenever possible, we position hay bales in covered or protected areas to help minimize this risk. If you have concerns about your porch or surface materials, we're always happy to discuss placement options before installation.
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